the ONLY wood that i have found---that has to be drying for more than a summers season, is the locusts. those have a oil of some kind in the wood, and it doesnt like to let go of the water--kind of like soluble oil. but when its dry--wohooooooo. i cut,split,stacked,some white oak that was a live tree. it dried in three weeks flat, in the hottest part of the summer.serious.plenty of air can get around my in line stacks---